House of Flying Daggers

House of Flying Daggers 2004

十面埋伏 shímiànmáifú

In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

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4.54 Intermediate Director Zhang Yimou 🍅 87%

Cast

Takeshi Kaneshiro Takeshi Kaneshiro Jin Andy Lau Andy Lau Liu Zhang Ziyi Zhang Ziyi Xiao Mei Song Dandan Song Dandan Yee Zhao Hongfei Zhao Hongfei Xiao Bu Kuai Guo Jun Guo Jun Police Officer Zhang Shu Zhang Shu Wang Jiusheng Wang Jiusheng Zhang Zhengyong Zhang Zhengyong Yongxin Wang

Vocabulary

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更加 更加 gèng jiā more (than sth else); even more HSK 3
难道 難道 nán dào don't tell me ...; could it be that...? HSK 3
仍 仍 réng still; yet; to remain; (literary) frequently; often HSK 3
赢 贏 yíng to beat; to win; to profit HSK 3
自然 自然 zì rán nature; natural; naturally HSK 3
支 支 zhī to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions HSK 3
城 城 chéng city walls; city; town HSK 3
确实 確實 què shí indeed; really; reliable; real; true HSK 3
金 金 jīn gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 HSK 3
父亲 父親 fù qīn father; also pr. [fù qin] HSK 3
好好 好好 hǎo hǎo well; carefully; nicely; properly HSK 3
派 派 pài clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie HSK 3
到底 到底 dào dǐ finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last HSK 3
简单 簡單 jiǎn dān simple; not complicated HSK 3
伤 傷 shāng to injure; injury; wound HSK 3
突然 突然 tū rán sudden; abrupt; unexpected HSK 3
指 指 zhǐ finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end HSK 3
马 馬 mǎ horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess HSK 3
游戏 遊戲 yóu xì game; to play HSK 3
根本 根本 gēn běn fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all HSK 3
保护 保護 bǎo hù to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection HSK 3
强 強 jiàng stubborn; unyielding HSK 3
结束 結束 jié shù termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close HSK 3
消息 消息 xiāo xi news; information HSK 3
当然 當然 dāng rán only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt HSK 3
连 連 lián to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) HSK 3
其实 其實 qí shí actually; in fact; really HSK 3
使 使 shǐ to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger HSK 3
受 受 shòu to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) HSK 3
如何 如何 rú hé how; what way; what HSK 3
只有 只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
一切 一切 yī qiè everything; every; all HSK 3
美 美 Měi (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) HSK 3
总 總 zǒng general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc HSK 3
内 內 nèi inside; inner; internal; within; interior HSK 3
张 張 zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
明眼人 明眼人 míng yǎn rén perspicacious person; sb with a discerning eye; sighted person (as opposed to blind) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
假的 假的 jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难受 難受 nán shòu to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear Xiehouyu HSK 2